Janusz K. Zawodny
Janusz K. Zawodny | |
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| Born | 11 December 1921 political scientist |
Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny (11 December 1921 – 8 April 2012) was a Polish-American historian, political scientist, and World War II soldier and resistance fighter of the Polish Underground State.[1]
Life
Zawodny fought in the
Armia Krajowa). In the Warsaw Uprising he was a platoon commander of a battalion AK "Lukasiriski", and later replaced the commander of the companies "Cost" in the group the "Pine" at the Old Town. In the street fighting against Waffen-SS troops, he was twice wounded: once in the hand by submachine gun fire at point-blank range, and once to his face and ear by schrapnel after he recovered, and threw back, a live German grenade that was tossed into the bunker he and his men were sheltering in. After the uprising, he was captured and became a prisoner of war in Oflag VII-A Murnau under a different name, "Turczyk", as he was wanted by the Gestapo beginning in April 1944. After liberation from Murnau, he joined the Second Polish Army Corps in Italy, where he commanded a battalion of heavy armored cars in the 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment
.
After the war (1945–48), he continued his military service with
People's Republic of Poland
, he decided to stay abroad and emigrated to the United States, ultimately residing in Washington state until his death in 2012.
He studied at the
Oxford University), Claremont Graduate University and Pomona College
.
He was a member of the
The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
, Cambridge.
He also served as an advisor to the National Security Council (1979–84) for the Carter and Reagan presidential administrations.
Books
- Death in the Forest: The Story of the Katyn Forest Massacre(1962)
- Nothing but Honor: The Story of the Warsaw Uprising, 1944 (1978)
- Man and International Relations: Contribution of the Social Sciences to the Study of Conflict and Integration (1967), Editor and Contributor.
- Guide to the Study of International Relations (1966)
- The Warsaw Uprising in Combat and Diplomacy (1994)
- Participants and Witnesses of the Warsaw Uprising. Interviews (2004)
- Motyl na Śniegu (Butterfly in the Snow) (2004)
Awards
- History Award, The J. Pilsudski Institute, New York, 1997
- Literary Award, Kultura, Paris 1981
- Gold Medal and Life Membership, Medicus Association Doctors of Medicine, for "Interdisciplinary Research," New York, 1980
- 2003 laureate honor "Guardian of National Remembrance" from Poland's Instytut Pamięci Narodowej[2]
Decorations
- Virtuti Militari
- Polonia Restituta (Commander with Star) by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on 6 September 1996[3]"in recognition of outstanding merit in activities for Poland"
- Lech Walesa[4]on 9 March 1994 "for outstanding merit in journalism"
- Cross of Valor
- Gold and Silver Crosses of Meritwith Swords
- British War Medal 1939–45.
See also
- List of Poles
References
- ^ "Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny, cała Polska, 12.04.2012 – pozostałe" (in Polish). Nekrologi.wyborcza.pl. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ See the Polish Wikipedia article, "Kustosz Pamięci Narodowej."
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 6 września 1996 r. O nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń".
- ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 9 marca 1994 r. O nadaniu orderów".
